School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)
- Location:
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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- (continued from previous page)until he asked them kindly if they would leave he would give then ten pounds each and their budgets back. The tinkers returned and thanked Daniel O Connell for his advice and the landlord never wanted to see any more Irish tinkers.
- There was once a man and he got work off a landlord in England. There was an old house near by and he said he would sleep in it. The landlord gave him a loaf and bacon for the night. When he was cooking the bacon he left the loaf on the table and when he looked around he saw a man going out the door with the loaf under his arm. The man said, "You brought it to night but you won't bring it to-morrow night." Next morning the landlord asked him how did he get on and the man said, "All right but a man brought my loaf." The next night the man bought(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Johnston
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrownaknockaun, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- James Johnston
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Carrownaknockaun, Co. Roscommon